Fire safety induction checklist. A printable induction checklist for new starters, contractors and anybody else who needs to know what the alarm sounds like and where to go when it does.
This is the paper version. FireOptix does the same job on a phone, with the record filed against the building or the asset automatically.
What is on the sheet
- The person, their role, their work areas and who gave the induction
- What the alarm sounds like, how to raise it, and where the nearest call point is to where they work
- Escape routes from their own work areas and the alternative when the nearest one is unavailable
- The assembly point, who takes the roll call, and that nobody re-enters until told
- Firefighting equipment: where it is, what it is for, and that nobody is expected to use it on anything they are not trained and willing to tackle
- Whether the person would need help to evacuate, with a referral to a PEEP, and a signature from both the person and the inductor
Why this record matters
The Order requires the responsible person to provide employees with adequate fire safety training, and an induction is the first and most useful part of it. It is also the part that evaporates: somebody shows the new starter where the fire exit is on their first morning, nobody writes it down, and nine months later nothing in the building evidences that anyone ever did.
The alarm sound is first on the sheet because it is the one thing a new person cannot work out for themselves and the one most inductions skip. Everything else can be inferred from signage on the day; what the alarm sounds like cannot.
The extinguisher line is worded carefully and it matters. An induction that points at extinguishers without saying anything else has implied an expectation nobody intended. Nobody should leave an induction believing they are obliged to fight a fire.
The last row is the one that connects this sheet to the rest. Asking at induction whether somebody would need help to evacuate is how a PEEP gets written before it is needed rather than after a drill goes wrong — and it is far easier to ask on the first morning than to raise six months later.
Use it with
- Personal emergency evacuation plan (PEEP)A printable PEEP form for recording how a person who could not evacuate unaided will get out, what help they need and who is providing it.
- Fire warden duties checklistA printable record of who the fire wardens are, which areas they sweep, what they are expected to do on the alarm and what training they have had.
- Fire action noticeA printable fire action notice for the wall, with blanks for the assembly point, the alarm sound and who to call, rather than a sign that tells everybody the wrong assembly point.
- Fire drill recordA printable fire drill record covering the scenario, the routes used, how the evacuation actually went, what went wrong and what was changed as a result.
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Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Written for England and Wales. General guidance, not legal advice. Checked October 2026.